What daughters want their daddy to tell them?

What daughters want their daddy to tell them? 
Everywhere we see 5 steps to be a better
blank and fill it in. Sometimes we don’t need
the steps to be a better person we need
some simple encouragement from the
right people to make the biggest

impact in our lives. If you have been
spoken words of encouragement
before you know that
when it is done in the right manner
and at the right time those words
are life giving and soul refreshing.
Often times as dad’s and daughters we know how to love each other well but sometimes we forget
the language that we can share is often just as if not more important. Mom’s and daughters often
are great at communicating but sometimes dad’s and daughters struggle when to say what. 

Start with the basics! WE ALL want to hear positive words. The best words are I LOVE YOU.
Not I love you …only when … but unconditional I love you.  Sometimes that is all that it takes. 

• I love you. 
• I am here for you. 
• I am proud of you.
• What can I do for you? 

Three things that daughters love to hear. We may not tell you we love to hear them but boy we love it. 

Expand it further if you feel and tell us why you love us. 

If you are not proud of us don’t fake it. We can see right through that bull. 

Tell us you are willing to listen and then be willing to listen and listen and be a sounding board. 
Don’t always offer advice. I know Dad’s are Mr. Fix its. Which is wonderful but sometimes we just
want to tell you about our drama because it was on our brain not that you fix the drama because
the likelihood is that we have fixed it, don’t need to deal with it in the first place, or have gone
on to something else is really high. 
Ask how can I help? Or What do you need me to do? Some things do not have a solution.
If we say nothing we may say it but make sure we mean it. Sometimes listen to our heart and
not our words and bring us that milkshake anyway. We can always freeze it and eat it later if we
truly didn’t want it. 
Remind us that we are still your little girl and that there is nothing that we together can’t handle no
matter how big we get. Connect with our childlike sense of wonder, offer that bear hug when we
need it. Wipe our tears, and love us the way you always have. 

Author: Elizabeth Kilby